Defense
New terrorism response plan takes effect
New National Response Plan and closely related National Incident Management System replace a patchwork of existing documents.
News
Lawmakers to team up on hiring legislation
Tom Davis, R-Va., and Jon Porter, R-Nev., seek to speed the federal hiring process; unions are wary.
News
Agencies win plaudits for performance reports
Labor, State departments rated best at reporting on results of their programs.
Defense
Report highlights challenges facing new national intelligence director
Congressional Research Service notes concerns about ambiguities in law, especially relationship between DNI and Defense secretary.
Tech
Cybersecurity officials turn tables on congressional graders
Chief information security officers give overseers only average grade for their report card on computer security efforts.
Defense
GAO says problems justify rebidding C-130 contract
Watchdog agency says award was tainted because Darleen Druyun, formerly the Air Force's second-ranking acquisition official, was biased in favor of Boeing.
News
White House adamantly opposed to Senate postal bill
Administration won't support a Postal Service proposal to transfer to the Treasury Department the costs of retirement benefits related to employees' military service.
Pay & Benefits
Ex-IRS commissioner: performance measurement key to reform
Charles Rossotti says the tax agency suffered from faulty performance metrics.
Management
IRS blames complexity, cheating for gap in tax revenue
But agency's taxpayer advocate says beefed-up enforcement efforts need to be balanced against taxpayers' privacy rights.
Defense
Homeland Security 'moving rapidly' to fill high-level vacancies, chief says
Secretary Michael Chertoff outlines personnel-related actions designed to bind department together as a “unitary organism.”
Pay & Benefits
Defense, OPM officials face questions on new personnel rules
Details of the system won’t be unveiled until after “meet-and-confer” period with unions.
Management
Agencies face new rules on contract management
Proposal would codify use of earned value management technique.
Defense